SiliconAddict
Feb 17, 08:25 PM
Is it just me? Am I the only person in the world who just doesn't see the benefits of Firefox? Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy that everyone else is happy with it but so far I haven't seen a need to change over from Explorer in XP. I don't use Windows all that much so I admitedly don't have a huge wealth of experience but still...
Ahh well, as long as SOMETHING erodes Microsoft's market share!
The reasons are long and varied depending on who you talk to. Mine are simple:
1- Since IE 6 was released in 2001 there have several dozen security patches released for IE. Each containing one or more security updates. If I had to get probably 12 individual patches per year since '01. IE is the most insecure POS ever to grace the face of planet Earth. It makes Windows look secure in comparison.
2 - IE doesn't play well with est standards.
3 - Its not integrated into Windows. I've seen patches for IE go south. When they do they break the browser. Since the damn thing is integrated into Windows you can't simply uninstall the app and reinstall it to start over. I've actually tried working with MS on a broken system last year to get it up and running after a combined IE sec patch made IE blow up on certain pages. In the end after an hour on the phone with them they recommended redoing the user's system. :rolleyes: With FireFox if I want to start over I simply uninstall the app and reinstall. I don't even need to reboot! So lets see. A 5 minute fix vs. a 2 hour fix. Which would you prefer?
4-Firefox extensions makes IE look like a toddler trying to go to Harvard. *pat pat pat* Isn't it so cute. Sorry did I say cute? I meant retarded. The extensions engine allows plugins that IE simply can't compete with. Couple that with the search engine that can be extended, (I use UPS all day long to track IT shipments.) and FireFox's themeing abilities and IE is simply outclassed and outgunned in features.
5- Built in popup blockers. Yes you can get them for IE. But frankly nothing is as satisfying as not having to go out and look for addins to complete your system. Popup blockers should have been added to IE years ago.
6- Cross the board OS support. Want IE 6 with built in popup blocker? Oops gotta have XP SP2. Want the upcoming IE 7? Oops gotta have XP again.
Want FireFox? Name your OS and there is probably a distribution for it.
7- Doesn't support active X. This is a bane to those who make adware/spyware and proprietary MS pages. Is this suppose to be a bad thing!?! :p
8- Patch installs don�t require reboots. Install and you are done. With IE its that whole integration thing again. The OS has dll files in use and usually will require a reboot to replace and reinitialize those files.
9- This goes back to #2 but it can�t be stressed enough. By telling IE to take a hike you are saying yes to open standards. When you use IE, website admins can see you are using IE and thus cater to it and its proprietary nature. Look at many banking institutions that are built using a quick and dirty FrontPage extension plugin or something. I�ve actually seen web sites start to change now that FF has come on the scene. They know that their visitors aren�t seeing the site right so they carter to web standards which means no matter what OS you are on you will get a working site. Think of it as building good Karma. IMHO using a browser like Firefox is like recycling. It�s a good thing.
Ahh well, as long as SOMETHING erodes Microsoft's market share!
The reasons are long and varied depending on who you talk to. Mine are simple:
1- Since IE 6 was released in 2001 there have several dozen security patches released for IE. Each containing one or more security updates. If I had to get probably 12 individual patches per year since '01. IE is the most insecure POS ever to grace the face of planet Earth. It makes Windows look secure in comparison.
2 - IE doesn't play well with est standards.
3 - Its not integrated into Windows. I've seen patches for IE go south. When they do they break the browser. Since the damn thing is integrated into Windows you can't simply uninstall the app and reinstall it to start over. I've actually tried working with MS on a broken system last year to get it up and running after a combined IE sec patch made IE blow up on certain pages. In the end after an hour on the phone with them they recommended redoing the user's system. :rolleyes: With FireFox if I want to start over I simply uninstall the app and reinstall. I don't even need to reboot! So lets see. A 5 minute fix vs. a 2 hour fix. Which would you prefer?
4-Firefox extensions makes IE look like a toddler trying to go to Harvard. *pat pat pat* Isn't it so cute. Sorry did I say cute? I meant retarded. The extensions engine allows plugins that IE simply can't compete with. Couple that with the search engine that can be extended, (I use UPS all day long to track IT shipments.) and FireFox's themeing abilities and IE is simply outclassed and outgunned in features.
5- Built in popup blockers. Yes you can get them for IE. But frankly nothing is as satisfying as not having to go out and look for addins to complete your system. Popup blockers should have been added to IE years ago.
6- Cross the board OS support. Want IE 6 with built in popup blocker? Oops gotta have XP SP2. Want the upcoming IE 7? Oops gotta have XP again.
Want FireFox? Name your OS and there is probably a distribution for it.
7- Doesn't support active X. This is a bane to those who make adware/spyware and proprietary MS pages. Is this suppose to be a bad thing!?! :p
8- Patch installs don�t require reboots. Install and you are done. With IE its that whole integration thing again. The OS has dll files in use and usually will require a reboot to replace and reinitialize those files.
9- This goes back to #2 but it can�t be stressed enough. By telling IE to take a hike you are saying yes to open standards. When you use IE, website admins can see you are using IE and thus cater to it and its proprietary nature. Look at many banking institutions that are built using a quick and dirty FrontPage extension plugin or something. I�ve actually seen web sites start to change now that FF has come on the scene. They know that their visitors aren�t seeing the site right so they carter to web standards which means no matter what OS you are on you will get a working site. Think of it as building good Karma. IMHO using a browser like Firefox is like recycling. It�s a good thing.
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Nermal
May 3, 02:50 PM
Yeah, I can't stand it when sites start blasting music at you.
Over Achiever
Sep 5, 08:53 PM
A possible solution...
Apple diverges in the laptop market. :eek:
one line for nice and portable (12" screen like the iBook), one line thats sexy and thin (current powerbook), and one for power, power users that demand the unthinkable portable duals and superdrive, no matter how thick the computer becomes. Heck, throw in a 17" screen for good times sake :p. But make it durable like the Pismos...
Will this happen? PROBABLY NOT.
Apple diverges in the laptop market. :eek:
one line for nice and portable (12" screen like the iBook), one line thats sexy and thin (current powerbook), and one for power, power users that demand the unthinkable portable duals and superdrive, no matter how thick the computer becomes. Heck, throw in a 17" screen for good times sake :p. But make it durable like the Pismos...
Will this happen? PROBABLY NOT.
big
Oct 12, 05:18 PM
I am still convinced, that with the right cable modem, you should be able to handle something there...without a separate cable
having the Simpsons stream over airport could be cool
having the Simpsons stream over airport could be cool
grabberslasher
Oct 25, 10:11 AM
Both links work for me. Looks pretty slick, too!
Regards,
Marc
Thanks :) The Tiger version will be designed to blow you away ;)
Regards,
Marc
Thanks :) The Tiger version will be designed to blow you away ;)
sangre de toro
Mar 18, 03:04 PM
the more barriers there are the more we get used to them. Give us a break! You pay for it, you use it and if anybody restricts you ... Long live to the many dvd whatever!
mkrishnan
Nov 13, 10:39 PM
I ran across this program the other day and have been using it. The speed of this version of firefox is much faster than safari or ff1.0. Here is a link to the site.
http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2004/11/06/firefoxG5
Thread consolidation: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=97289&highlight=firefox
:D
http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2004/11/06/firefoxG5
Thread consolidation: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=97289&highlight=firefox
:D
jefhatfield
Sep 20, 11:56 AM
Originally posted by edvniow
Yesterday. :)
...or the day before that:D
when the first imac was announced, apple said it would have a 33k modem, but by the time they shipped, they were 56k modems
months after i got my ibook, apple doubled the RAM and hard drive and kept the price the same
Yesterday. :)
...or the day before that:D
when the first imac was announced, apple said it would have a 33k modem, but by the time they shipped, they were 56k modems
months after i got my ibook, apple doubled the RAM and hard drive and kept the price the same
Kagetenshi
Dec 31, 01:36 AM
I'd have to go with Bungie before they died. It's somewhat odd to think about, but I really don't use many non-game applications that weren't made by Apple (Finder, TextEdit, Appleworks, Mail, Safari, iTunes, iCal, Calculator, XCode, and Terminal get me through most days).If I had to choose a serious application, it'd be Fire and whoever makes that.
~J
~J
TyleRomeo
Aug 26, 03:54 PM
Originally posted by MacBandit
Yes it will work with a 4x, 6x, or 8x AGP. Also from what I've seen at least with this card and the other current ones there will be no speed benefits to 6x or 8x AGP because they don't use that much bandwith.
Well then it seems like the ATI 9700 is the best choice for anyone who wants the most powerful card on the market and wants to use it in the future with an 8X AGP MAC. Anyone know on the release day of the new 9700? I'm going to do some research and see if i can find some comparisons between the 9700 and the Nvidia Geforce4 Ti
Yes it will work with a 4x, 6x, or 8x AGP. Also from what I've seen at least with this card and the other current ones there will be no speed benefits to 6x or 8x AGP because they don't use that much bandwith.
Well then it seems like the ATI 9700 is the best choice for anyone who wants the most powerful card on the market and wants to use it in the future with an 8X AGP MAC. Anyone know on the release day of the new 9700? I'm going to do some research and see if i can find some comparisons between the 9700 and the Nvidia Geforce4 Ti
Catfish_Man
Oct 16, 10:22 AM
...that he really means slower than x86, not lower clocking. The SPEC numbers for the PPC970 are higher than any current x86 chip, but lower than the numbers for a 2GHz Hammer which is what it'll be competing against. The performance difference isn't as big as the current one, but we'll still need duals to be faster than x86 (this *may* change when it goes to .09 micron).
dethl
Sep 11, 05:36 PM
Seeing how Motorola has been slacking off as it would seem, I wouldn't expect the G5 chip for a long time, possibly until late 2003. I looked at a PDF of Motorola's PPC processor chart, made in November and it then was talking about the G5. I was in Austin, TX attending a computer camp and heard that some guy leading the tour group talked about not only a G5 chip, but a G6 chip as well, and this was about 2 YEARS ago.
Unless theres something being hidden from public eyes, like what the new power macs will be sporting in Jan I don't see the possibility of a G5 chip yet. Though it is a possibility that there are gonna be some faster (much faster) chips now that OS X is gonna dominate.
My 2 cents as well.
Unless theres something being hidden from public eyes, like what the new power macs will be sporting in Jan I don't see the possibility of a G5 chip yet. Though it is a possibility that there are gonna be some faster (much faster) chips now that OS X is gonna dominate.
My 2 cents as well.
makkystyle
Sep 17, 09:44 PM
those spelling errors and that "too" at the end really make me sound credible.
MacRumorUser
Mar 22, 07:59 AM
Mario film sucked at the time but it seems to have gained cult status now. Sorta like He-Man and all that, it's so naff and bizarre that it makes it watchable. Sorta like Graham Norton or Airplane.
You mean it's camp ? a big bear moustached man with a younger twink following him around... errr Mario is raging!!!!....
http://owlishmutterings.mu.nu/archives/gaymario.jpg
And the guy who voices mario lives in a big pink house in San Fransisco.. Co-incidence ? ;) :D
And He-Man !!! "Eternia" could have just been the name of a big gay nightclub.
http://www.whoomp.com/articles/163/1/He-Man-does-4-non-blondes
:D
There's that guy that's so dang bad at making video game adaptions...what's his name?
UWE BOLL
You mean it's camp ? a big bear moustached man with a younger twink following him around... errr Mario is raging!!!!....
http://owlishmutterings.mu.nu/archives/gaymario.jpg
And the guy who voices mario lives in a big pink house in San Fransisco.. Co-incidence ? ;) :D
And He-Man !!! "Eternia" could have just been the name of a big gay nightclub.
http://www.whoomp.com/articles/163/1/He-Man-does-4-non-blondes
:D
There's that guy that's so dang bad at making video game adaptions...what's his name?
UWE BOLL
StarbucksSam
Dec 8, 02:08 PM
Finally. I'll be testing it tonight and posting a full report. The 0.10 version was where I started and that had ISSUES... but the .11 has been almost flawless. I'll go grab 0.12.
FragTek
Jun 9, 02:35 PM
It's simple to fold on both cores... Just copy the client in to two seperate directories and launch them each individually. Voila! 100% CPU usage. Unfortunately folding on an Intel Mac completely sucks until the release of a new client that will be Intel friendly.
P-Worm
Sep 8, 10:57 AM
That is, Dual 50Mhz.:eek:
Seriously, these rumors are almost bad as the Dual 1.6 Ghz powermacs. Although I have never sat down and used one, I have heard that the TiBook has some major heat issues. Putting a dual processor in it would only make the problem worse.
On the other hand, Apple is an amazing company and anything is possible.
On the third hand, that superdrive looks to be a perfect addition to the next round of PowerBooks.:cool:
P-Worm
Seriously, these rumors are almost bad as the Dual 1.6 Ghz powermacs. Although I have never sat down and used one, I have heard that the TiBook has some major heat issues. Putting a dual processor in it would only make the problem worse.
On the other hand, Apple is an amazing company and anything is possible.
On the third hand, that superdrive looks to be a perfect addition to the next round of PowerBooks.:cool:
P-Worm
TyleRomeo
Aug 30, 08:06 AM
Originally posted by Shrek
http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/ (http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/)
Does this mean that iPod MP4 Players could be on the way? I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!! :D MP4 Players could bring the same audio quality that MP3 gave us, but at a much lower bit rate, boosting the overall number of songs we can store on our portable players. Or it could be used to maximize the sound quality of our music by giving us higher quality sound (than MP3), but at the same or higher bit rates resulting in true Dolby Digital/THX/Surround Sound!!! :eek: Neato! :D
Yes Shrek, you are correct. Since iPods use hard drives and have firmware updates, they will eventually support AAC Audio. I'm guessing once iTunes has better support for AAC Audio, with complete and correct ID tags, which iPod basically runs on.
tyler
http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/ (http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/)
Does this mean that iPod MP4 Players could be on the way? I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!! :D MP4 Players could bring the same audio quality that MP3 gave us, but at a much lower bit rate, boosting the overall number of songs we can store on our portable players. Or it could be used to maximize the sound quality of our music by giving us higher quality sound (than MP3), but at the same or higher bit rates resulting in true Dolby Digital/THX/Surround Sound!!! :eek: Neato! :D
Yes Shrek, you are correct. Since iPods use hard drives and have firmware updates, they will eventually support AAC Audio. I'm guessing once iTunes has better support for AAC Audio, with complete and correct ID tags, which iPod basically runs on.
tyler
impierced
Oct 15, 01:16 PM
11/10/1997 PowerBook G3 250MHz
05/06/1998 PowerBook G3 233/250/292 MHz (6 months)
09/01/1998 PowerBook G3 233/266/300 MHz (4 months)
05/10/1999 PowerBook G3 333/400 Mhz (8 months)
02/16/2000 PowerBook G3 400/500 MHz (9 months)
01/09/2001 PowerBook G4 400/500 MHz (11 months)
10/16/2001 PowerBook G4 550/667 MHz (9 months)
04/29/2002 PowerBook G4 667/800 MHz (6.5 months)
No real pattern, but since inception of the PowerBook G3 (hacked hybrid of the PowerBook 3400) Apple has updated their hardware an average of every 7.5 months.
Given that we should expect to see an update around November 15th. Though I'm not holding my breath and expect to have to wait until MacWorld Expo San Fran. 2003. *sigh*
05/06/1998 PowerBook G3 233/250/292 MHz (6 months)
09/01/1998 PowerBook G3 233/266/300 MHz (4 months)
05/10/1999 PowerBook G3 333/400 Mhz (8 months)
02/16/2000 PowerBook G3 400/500 MHz (9 months)
01/09/2001 PowerBook G4 400/500 MHz (11 months)
10/16/2001 PowerBook G4 550/667 MHz (9 months)
04/29/2002 PowerBook G4 667/800 MHz (6.5 months)
No real pattern, but since inception of the PowerBook G3 (hacked hybrid of the PowerBook 3400) Apple has updated their hardware an average of every 7.5 months.
Given that we should expect to see an update around November 15th. Though I'm not holding my breath and expect to have to wait until MacWorld Expo San Fran. 2003. *sigh*
MacRumorUser
Mar 17, 05:41 AM
Basically Teenage boys can rest assured knowing that one joystick waggle can improve their eyesight, whilst the other damages it ;)
iGary
Jun 10, 06:55 AM
I'll do a couple of proteins this week...
Anyone else to pitch in?
Anyone else to pitch in?
wdlove
Oct 26, 02:42 PM
Maybe Steve will make a major announcement at MWSF instead of after the show, as his practice of late, just to put us off guard! :)
munkle
Mar 16, 02:42 PM
tried again and all im getting is:
How infuriating, cause it's working for me. And they've made loads of improvements too...they've added an Ask Jobs button, which is linked directly to Steve and you can ask him anything. He's just given me the release dates of Tiger and the G5 Powerbooks.
I had to let him go after awhile though, something about squashing de Plums and Jeeves?! Man, unlucky that you can't access it! ;) :p
How infuriating, cause it's working for me. And they've made loads of improvements too...they've added an Ask Jobs button, which is linked directly to Steve and you can ask him anything. He's just given me the release dates of Tiger and the G5 Powerbooks.
I had to let him go after awhile though, something about squashing de Plums and Jeeves?! Man, unlucky that you can't access it! ;) :p
trainguy77
Nov 26, 02:01 PM
EDIT How do I tell it to keep folding after I've shutdown and started back up?
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16999
Make sure you set the team number to 3446. This is program is for powerPC only.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16999
Make sure you set the team number to 3446. This is program is for powerPC only.